A term used to describe artworks which explore themes that transgress and threaten our sense of cleanliness and proprietySundays were even days and provided a modicum of relief for my mind. I’d stayed up late cleaning, the initial desire to expunge Henare from my home spreading to a general gutting of every room except Julia’s. Sinking into my mattress after two in the morning, I remembered he’d also touched her door handle when he questioned her days earlier.
Exhausted, I selected a new cleaning cloth from the airing cupboard and retrieved the bleach from the bathroom. I stumbled to her bedroom and used the cloth to open the door. Julia’s floral scent hit me like a wave, introducing a longing into my soul, which I had never previously acknowledged. She’d left a yellow sticky note on the
